Interior Design Meets (Sustainable) Fashion
Interior Design Meets Fashion put on a modern, planet-conscious runway show over the weekend, placing an emphasis on the resources and continued viability of the industry in which anybody wearing clothes is an active participant. The eighth fashion show since the charitable organization’s beginnings in 2015, the decision to place our collective home at the forefront this year is reflected in its title: Interior Design Meets Sustainable Fashion.
True to the name, some inspired looks incorporated design elements more frequently found in furniture, representing an interesting, truly unique crossroad.
Prior to the show, guests weaved throughout varied, contemporary pieces populating the north Blanco road Copenhagen Imports showroom. Other arrivals stopped to have their photo taken before grabbing a drink at the bar station nearby. Vendors, interspersed between irregularly-shaped ottomans and textured dressers, sold jewelry, accessories, clothes, and perfumes.
The center of the showroom was converted into a well-lit runway, surrounded by guest seating and statement pieces. Beyonce played as the evening’s two hosts stepped in and addressed the audience briefly, before the proceedings began.
Collections encompassed fashion across a range of ages and sizes. Elegant, polished pieces with thoughtful embellishments were shown, and delightfully artistic, whimsically literal creations, as well. Striking appliques and vivid graphic designs followed, the high level of sartorial creativity on display remaining remarkably consistent.
The focus of the evening, sustainability, is a timely one. The sheer volume, variety, and aesthetic turnover of fashion and fashion-adjacent industries constitutes an unceasing pollution pipeline that includes massive water waste and unfathomable levels of microfibers introduced into the environment. Making sustainability an inextricable component of design – whether you’re wearing it, watching it, or sitting on it – helps ensure that both we and future generations will continue to have access to the resources that create pieces that fascinate our senses, flatter our figures, or provide a small measure of comfort at the end of the day.
Editor & Photographer: Nick Blevins
